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M. W. MOORE. FOUNTAIN PEN.

No. 501,895. 12818111811July 18, 1898.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS W. MOORE, OF HOLYVOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF FIVE- SIXTHS TOJOSEPH E. CHASE AND WILLIAM D. PARK, OF SAME PLACE.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,895, dated J' uly18, V1893*.

- Application filed January 13J 1893, Serial No. 458,273. (No model.)

To all whomA it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MORRIS W. MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inFountain-Pens, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to so improve the construction offountain pens that the pen may be carried in the pocket withoutliability of leakage, a characteristic of the pen to which theseimprovements pertain being that the writing pen is longitudinallymovable to be projected beyond, or withdrawn within, the lower end ofthe tip section.

The invention consistsin constructions and combinations of partssubstantially as will hereinafter fully appear and be covered by theclaims.

The improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the improved pen. Fig. 2 is aperspective view showing the writing-pen and the retractingrod-therefor.- Figs. 3 anda are cross-sections, respectively, on thelines 3-3 and 4-4 of Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view centrallyand longitudinally through the upper portion of the aforesaid rod.

In the drawings A represents the barrel or reservoir having the tipsection, B, connected at its lower end by the screw-thread joint, in theusual manner. The lower portion of this tip section has longitudinallythrough it an opening, a, of a transverse contour substantially as seenin Fig. 4 in which the pen, az, is fitted for a somewhat close, thoughfree, longitudinal sliding movement.

The retracting rod, d, which is longitudinally extended within thebarrel and also .downwardly extended through the greater portion of thelength of the tip section has a connection, in any suitable manner, withthe upper end of the pen, and this rod extends with an ink-tight fitthrough an opening therefor in the upper end of the barrel. As shown,and preferably constructed, the forward end of the rod is split toembrace the shank of the pen, the engagement being rendered morepositive by the rivet, f, and the rod has its portion at one side of thesplit rel.

forwardly extended as seen at d2, through and Y down to the tip sectionfor the conveyance of.

ink from the reservoir to the pen, the form of duct here indicated at g,being efficient for this purpose. The upper end of the rod, in itspassage through the upper end of thebarrel, is preferably packed by theprovision thereat of a sleeve of soft rubber or equivalent compressiblematerial. As shown the barrel has in its upper end the axial opening, h,with the peripheral depression, ,while the sleeve, j, of soft rubber hasthe external circumferential bead, lc, which sinks into the saiddepression and prevents, as the rod is moved, endwise displacement ofthe sleeve by reason of the friction caused by the constrictive contactwhich it has against the aforesaid rod, d. l l v The cap, m, is ttedupon the upperend of the reservoir to close such end, to conceal thepen-retracting-rod and to serve as an additional safeguard against anypossible oozing or leakage of ink thereat, and the cap, n, is adapted tobe removably fitted upon the lower end of the tip section when the penis retracted within such end. To permit the retraction of the pen, thecap, m, is removed and the rod upwardly drawn when the said cap isreplaced, and at this time the cap, n, is placed upon the endof the tipsection when the pen may be safely carried in the pocket without dangerof leakage.

The user, in taking the pen from his pocket, after removing the cap, n,and placing it upon the cap, m, draws the latter from the upper end ofthe barrel and forces through the rod,

d, the pen, downwardly,in readiness for writing when said cap, m, (withthe cap, n, thereon) is placed upon the upper end of the bar- To fillthe reservoir the rod is held by its upper end and the tip sectionunscrewed free from the barrel when it may be slid off from over thelower end of the rod and pen. It will, however, be perceived that therod, as indicated in Fig. 5, is formed by screw-united IOO sections;and, therefore, by turning the tip section and with it the pen and lowersection of the rod,-holding the upper section ofthe rod against turning,the tip, on being removed from the barrel maycarry with it also the penand said lower section of the retractingrod,-a reversal of thesemovements of course being required for the re-establishinent of theconditions to use the pen.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A fountain pen having a barrel or reservoir provided with an openingin its upper end, a longitudinally movable rod located in said barrelhaving one end extending through the opening in the upper end of thebarrel and apen secured to the rod at its other end, a tip-sectionsecured to the barrel and provided With a longitudinal passageconstituting a way for the movement ofthe pen in and out of said sectionand a groove for the passage of the ink, a removable cap on the upperend of the reservoir having an opening for the reception of the rod, andanother cap to close the lower end of the tip-section and adapted to titon the upper cap, all substantially as described.

2. In a fountain pen, the combination with the reservoir or barrelhaving in its forward end the tip with the pen endwise movable therein,and with a suitable ink-way leadingv from the reservoir to the pen, ofarod located within the reservoir and having one end formed split toembrace the upper end of the pen and having the uniting rivet and therod having an extension downwardly under the pen, and said rod havingits upper end projected through a suitably packed opening therefor inthe upper end of the barrel, substantially as described.

3. In a fountain pen, the combination with the barrel or reservoirhaving in its upper end a circular opening with a peripheral depression,the annular packing of soft rubber having an external circumferentialbead and the rod movable through the packing, substantially as and forthe purposeset forth.

MORRIS W. MOORE. Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLoWs, H. A. OHAPIN.

